Limoges – Bellegarde Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Limoges – Bellegarde, ) is an airport located

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Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...

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of France. The airport presently has limited mass transit options which include only three stops per day of bus line 26 and a shared taxi service to and from the main train station.http://www.airportlimoges.co.uk/access__car_park/special_taxis_fares_to_the_train_station/54-special_taxis_fares_to_the_train_station.php

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of above

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. It has one paved

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designated 03/21 which measures . It also has a parallel grass runway measuring .

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Limoges – Bellegarde Airport:

Statistics

References

External links

Limoges Airport
(official site)
''Aéroport de Limoges''
(''Union des Aéroports Français'') * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Limoges - Bellegarde Airport Airports in Nouvelle-Aquitaine Buildings and structures in Haute-Vienne Airports established in 1972